Flash Meridian awoke one day, and watched the rippling light that trickled in around the drapes. His mind wandered back to Earth. He rarely thought about his former life there. The details were hazy and insignificant, like a dream. He didn’t feel any sense of loss or sadness. He just lived in the eternal now with no fear of the future and no regret or attachment to the past. They didn’t exist. The light that lapped against the walls and ceiling held all he needed to know. A new morning had broken, full of wonder and promise.